Evaluation Q6

6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


While filming and editing our film we had to use different technologies ranging from cameras to computers and the different software.


 We used a mac computer to do the editing although at first it was hard to get the hang of how to use it, by using the mac we had access to final cut pro which was the software we used to edit the footage we'd captured.


We used a Sony VX camera to shoot out footage we needed, this camera can be used as either a handheld camera or you could place it on a tripod to make things easier for us we used a tripod, it also helped to keep the camera still and make it look more professional.


Final cut pro was the software we used to edit, this software was easy to use and had a lot of different features that helped us to make our film the best we could it had features such as cut and it allowed us to play around with the contrast, it also allowed us to add a soundtrack.


YouTube is where we uploaded our film so other people could watch it and give us feedback. YouTube is a free way of publishing out film and getting it recognized.

Evaluation Q7

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From doing the preliminary task I learnt different skills and the use of different technologies, by doing the preliminary task it allowed me and helped me to progress and get better use of the equipment I had to use. I learnt that it isn’t all as straight forward as I first expected it to be, it took me a while to get the hang of how to use final cut pro and practicing was the best way. If I hadn’t of done the preliminary task I feel that the full product would not have turned out as well as it did.
It allowed me to play about with all the features and it helped me to understand how to cut and make sure it flowed and made sense. It helped build our knowledge of the equipment we would be using and other skills such as script writing and creating a shot list.Below are two pictures the first picture is of the preliminary task and the second of our final media product.The problems with out preliminary was that continuity wasn't right and it wasn't long enough which is something we took into consideration when doing our final media product.

Evaluation Q3

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

There are many well known distributors such as

• Universal Studios
• Warner Bros
• 20th Century Fox 
• Paramount Pictures 

Those listed are just a few all distributors do the same they all sell on films to cinemas, DVD, Blu-Ray, ect.



 A distrubutor is production company that reasles the film and distrubtes it to certain cinemas to be shown to the public, The production company is responsible for raising funds for the making of the fim to go ahead.
Universal Studios would be the best distrubtor to release our film as they have had success with other films much like ours. Universal would distrubte our film to DVD, Blu-Ray, cinemas, teleivision and film websites.


Childs Play and Tremors are 2 horror/thriller franchies which Universal have distributed, Both films were very successful as they went on to become a franchise, Much like our film Tremors and Childs play both have the element of surprise and confusion which is a key feature.

Childs Play is about a man who has to escape from a cop and hides his soul in an innocent looking doll named chucky. A little boy soon becomes the owner of the doll and the doll commits numerous murders. The budget for Childs Play was estimated to be $9,000,000













Tremors is about how a small town become aware that a strange creature is taking people one by one but no one knows what the creature is and where it is hiding. A seismologist come to town and notices tremors. The creature is living underground and can pop up without warning to take people. The budget for Tremors was estmated to be  $11,000,000

Evaluation Q2

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The film ‘When a Stranger Calls’ is about a girl who is still in high school and is babysitting , when she receives pranks calls each getting more and more scary and threatening. It’s a psychological thriller much like our film ‘Hourglass’ is. ‘Hourglass’ is about  teenage girl who has to solve puzzles before the hourglass runs out each puzzle gets harder and more complicated as the puzzles go along.

 ‘When a Stranger Calls’ is similar to our film ‘Hourglass’ as both the main characters are female teenagers roughly 17-18 both films have an aspect of time to them ‘When a stranger calls’ is about not having enough time to escape from the house away from the person who is trying to kill her, time is most important when trying to catch the killer as she has to stay on the phone for longer than a minute so the police can locate where the killer is ringing from as shown to the bottom right and ‘Hourglass’ is about not having enough time to escape possibly her own mind and not enough time to finish the puzzles to escape from the room as shown to the bottom left.

Both characters in each film become more and more scared of their surroundings, and possibly of themselves at the end of both films the girls are delusional and perhaps psychologically damaged. 

The saw franchise are also other films similar to ours as they have the theme of time and puzzles. Our target audience of between 15-25 are attracted to the psychological aspects shown in all three films.